Truth & Love Blog

Don’t Call Yourself a Biblical Counselor If…
Who gets to decide who is “in” or “out” of the modern biblical counseling movement?

A Thread on 6 Biblical Counseling Convictions
Biblical Counselors Are: Gospel-Centered, Theologically-Saturated, Relationship-Focused, Church History-Informed, Research-Aware Soul Physicians of Embodied-Soul

A Dozen Reflections on Mental Illness, the Church, and Biblical Counseling
What is a compassionate, comprehensive, embodied-soul biblical understanding of mental illness?
6 Free Resources for Biblically Engaging with Fellow Biblical Counselors and Non-Biblical Counselors
How could biblical counselors disagree biblically?

Applying Two Richly Practical Biblical Counseling Words: Parakaleo and Noutheteo
The Association of Biblical Counselors just released my latest book. Apply two richly practical biblical counseling words to your life and ministry.

“Cherry-Picking” David Powlison on Secular Psychology and Biblical Counseling
If we are going to quote Powlison, then let’s not only quote his negatives toward secular psychology; let’s quote his comprehensive teachings.

Moving Sale Rocking Horse Blessing
A moving sale, a 70-year-old rocking horse, God’s perfect timing, God’s blessing, and a God-story.

More Than Just Willpower
I’m wondering if a common biblical counseling understanding of people (“theological anthropology”) may, perhaps, be “a bit off.”

Biblical Counseling and the “Co-Belligerent” Use of Research
As biblical counselors, we have something of a checkered history with research. What is a biblical approach?

10 Biblical Counseling Concerns About “Bad Therapy”
Here’s a brief summary of 10 biblical counseling concerns I have with Abigail Shrier’s book “Bad Therapy.”